Tag: disruption

For banks, disruption has become business as usual. Besides the ever-changing customer expectations, banks are under pressure to defend their market share against increased competition and the digitisation of the financial services landscape by neo-banks and FinTechs.

Amidst the disruptive changes brought on by industry 4.0, the past two years has seen the world being faced with the worst global pandemic in just over a century - plunging both individuals and organisations into a state of chaos, uncertainty and instability whilst radically reshaping life as we knew it.

Knowledge workers suffer from work stress and are more likely to have a burnout, they look forward less and less to opening their laptops at the start of each working day. They suffer from an overload of information that is inadequately filtered.

With Amazon readying itself to launch in South Africa in February 2023, forward-thinking local retailers and e-tailers are gearing up their businesses to leverage the country’s R30 billion per year e-commerce market. Globally, Amazon dominates online sales and has driven enormous disruption in the market.

As Samsung, we have over the years realised that immersive experiences is paramount if retailers want to attract new customers, increase footfall, maximise sales and operations and build long-term loyalty in this new digital world. We believe that our Samsung Display Solutions play a crucial role in winning in this new digital, retail environment.

Inflation around the world is a hot topic as many countries struggle with increases in inflation on consumer goods. This has put a spotlight onto the 'cost of living' topic and how it affects inflation in the media industry.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have always been compelled to find and leverage every opportunity to remain competitive and stay ahead of the curve. Amidst all of the disruption of the past two years, this need has become a business imperative.

In businesses the world over, phrases like 'time is of the essence' and 'time is money' are well-worn clichés. So why is it that some South African corporate decisions are unnecessarily delayed?

The journey to reaching digital resiliency: pursuing digital transformation initiatives to thrive despite the ongoing pandemic challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the manufacturing and distribution industry profoundly.

Insurance is a mature and historically stable industry, operating on established, reliable business strategies and methods. However, when digital technology really began to take hold with consumers, it upended traditional insurance models.